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disease. Some dairymen reported that they hud never had cases while others had 

 suffered severely from this disease. 



According to the statistics collected by the author, 4 general causes of abortion 

 may be recognized, bacterial infection, poor physical condition of the animals, 

 objectionable feeding stuffs or material in drinking water, and injuries. Particular 

 attention is given to a discussion of the proper methods for preventing and eradi- 

 cating infectious abortion. During this discussion the Bang method is described in 

 detail. 



Azoturia, G. E. Corwin (Amer. Vet. Rev., 27 (1904), No. 11, pp. 1071-1073).— 

 On account of the uncertainty which prevails regarding the etiology of this disease 

 the author devoted some attention to determining the symptoms, course, and treat- 

 ment. It is believed by the author to be unwise to administer purgatives. Good 

 results were obtained from the alternate use of potassium iodid and potassium bromid 

 together with enemas with warm water. 



Intravenous injections, W. F. Sykes (Amer. Vet. Rev., 27 (1904), No. 11, pp. 

 1054-1061, figs. 2). — The technique of making intravenous injections in the treatment 

 of domesticated animals is discussed in considerable detail, and suggestions were made 

 regarding the necessary apparatus and the methods to be adopted in a number of 

 diseases. 



It is believed by the author that the opportunities for making intravenous injec- 

 tions will be taken advantage of more frequently as the method becomes more familiar 

 to the practicing veterinarian and as the beneficial and speedy results from such 

 treatment become better known. 



Physiology, pathology, bacteriology, anatomy, dictionary, W. A. Evans 

 etal. (The practical medicine series of yearbooks, IX. Chicago: Yearbook Publishers, 

 1904, pp. 228, figs. 23). — This volume, while largely devoted to human medicine and 

 the infectious diseases of man, contains brief accounts of recent work in the study of 

 pathogenic bacteria of animal diseases, pathological anatomy, and a list of medical 

 terms which have been introduced since 1901. The recent work relating to the con- 

 troversy concerning human and bovine tuberculosis is briefly discussed. 



Special report on diseases of cattle ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, 1904, rev. ed., pp. 533, pis. 52, figs. 12). — The present revised edition is con- 

 siderably larger than the old edition published in 1892. All of the articles contained 

 in the old edition have been revised and brought down to date with the exception 

 of the article on feeding cattle, which has been omitted from the new edition. Sev- 

 eral new articles have been added, including those on animal parasites and mycotic 

 stomatitis in cattle. The discussion of milk fever has also been revised so as to 

 include the latest treatment of this disease by means of air. 



The report contains the following articles: Administration of Medicines, L. Pear- 

 son; Diseases of the Digestive Organs, A. J. Murray; Poisons and Poisoning, V. T. 

 Atkinson; Diseases of the Heart, Blood Vessels, and Lymphatics, L. Pearson; Non- 

 contagious Diseases of the Organs of Respiration, W. H. Lowe; Diseases of the Nervous 

 System, W. H. Harbaugh; Diseases of the Urinary Organs, J. Law; Diseases of the 

 Generative Organs, J. Law; Diseases Following Parturition, J. Law; Diseases of Young 

 Calves, J. Law; Bones: Diseases and Accidents, V. T. Atkinson; Surgical Operations, 

 W. Dickson; Tumors Affecting Cattle, J. R. Mohler; Diseases of the Skin, M. R. 

 Trumbower; Diseases of the Foot, M. R. Trumbower; Diseases of the Eye and its 

 Appendages, M. R. Trumbower; Diseases of the Ear, M. R. Trumbower; Infectious 

 Diseases of Cattle, D. E. Salmon and T. Smith; The Animal Parasites of Cattle, C. W. 

 Stiles; Mycotic Stomatitis in Cattle, J. R. Mohler. 



Some observations on the tuberculosis of animals, D. E. Salmon ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Bureau of Animal Industry R]>t. 1903, pp. 69-88). — The author believes that 

 there are two questions of supreme importance relative to animal tuberculosis, viz, the 



